Elsie Pulupuna , LCSW

Elsie Pulupuna, LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker), centers her practice on helping adolescents, teenagers, and families strengthen the relationships that support emotional well-being. She believes that the quality of connections with others and with oneself plays a central role in overall quality of life, and she focuses on cultivating safe, genuine relationships that act as protective factors against stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and related concerns.

With a collaborative and client-centered approach, she guides people to recognize and unlearn patterns that once kept them safe but now limit growth. Her work emphasizes identifying the unsafe behaviors and thought processes that create barriers to fulfillment, then building new internal resources and healthier relational habits. Elsie supports clients through challenges such as anger, low self-esteem, panic and mood disorders, attachment and communication difficulties, guilt and shame, isolation, and post-traumatic stress.

Dedicated to empowering individuals and families, she offers time, space, and clinical knowledge as clients take steps toward change. Her practice prioritizes building from within so people can create the lives they desire, starting with small shifts that lead to new patterns of safety, connection, and self-love.